Title: Water Cycle
Description: The primary focus of this unit is to create an awareness of water, its uses, and to develop an understanding of its impact on life. The activities in this section explain: where water is found, the movement of water from one part of the hydrosphere to another, water quality, and conservation.
Standard(s):
[S1] (5) 10: Identify spheres of Earth, including the geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
[S1] (6) 3: Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.

Title: Water on the Move Current Events
Description: This site contains great information and experiments. Learn what makes ocean currents flow on this page from the Museum of Science's "Oceans Alive!" Read about some major ocean currents and discover the effects of wind, sun, continents, density, salinity, El Nino, and the Coriolis Effect on currents.
Standard(s):
[S1] (6) 1: Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Niño, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather.
[S1] (6) 3: Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.
[S1] (6) 7: Describe Earth’s biomes.
[S1] (6) 9: Identify the moon’s phases.
[S1] (6) 10: Describe components of the universe and their relationships to each other, including stars, planets and their moons, solar systems, and galaxies.
[S1] (7) 4: Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification system by their characteristics.
[S1] (7) 7: Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.

Title: Geography4Kids
Description: This site has an introduction to the earth sciences that includes topics on the Earth's structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
Standard(s):
[S1] (3) 11: Describe Earth’s layers, including inner and outer cores, mantle, and crust.
[S1] (5) 10: Identify spheres of Earth, including the geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
[S1] (6) 1: Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Niño, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather.
[S1] (6) 3: Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.

Title: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
Description: This website has explanations and illustrations of the different biogeochemical cycles.
Standard(s):
[S1] (6) 3: Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.

Title: Water on the Move Current Events
Description: This site contains great information and experiments. Learn what makes ocean currents flow on this page from the Museum of Science's "Oceans Alive!" Read about some major ocean currents and discover the effects of wind, sun, continents, density, salinity, El Nino, and the Coriolis Effect on currents.
Standard(s):
[S1] (6) 1: Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Niño, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather.
[S1] (6) 3: Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.
[S1] (6) 7: Describe Earth’s biomes.
[S1] (6) 9: Identify the moon’s phases.
[S1] (6) 10: Describe components of the universe and their relationships to each other, including stars, planets and their moons, solar systems, and galaxies.
[S1] (7) 4: Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification system by their characteristics.
[S1] (7) 7: Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.